#and there seems to be no end in sight

[hxhhasmysoul]

i saw you mentioned that killua has an addictive personality. would u write more on that topic? i agree with you but i dont know how to articulate it for myself hah

I could point to the obvious thing, the chocrobos and sweets in general. Sugar is addictive in real life but like which all such substances some are more vulnerable to them than others. And Killua seems to have developed a chocolate habit.

But I think his tendency towards gambling is far more telling.

Killua loves rivalry, he loves competitions and he will try to gamify stuff he does with Gon. But at least in their competitions with each other Gon can work as a safety valve because he's also obsessive and self destructive and Killua's care for Gon would curb his risk addiction. That and the fact that with Gon they get into really life threatening situations and the self-preservation Killua's family forced into him, kicks in too.

But when the stakes are not life threatening, when it's money... Killua can't handle money. He loses all of their Heaven's Arena winnings on internet auctions. Then Bisky has to drag him away from the slot machines in Greed Island.

When there's no threat to his or Gon's safety, Killua has absolutely no breaks and because Gon leans on him for the planning and for knowledge about the world, considering Gon's much more sheltered childhood, Killua's on his own to control himself and he absolutely can't.

Maybe needing to provide for Alluka will also work as a decent safety valve for the gambling. Maybe he will be more careful with the money he needs for her.

But I don't think he sees that he has this problem. He's always been rich and capable to make quick and easy money. He's also capable of roughing it for a while, and Gon was too. But I doubt he'd want to put Alluka in that situation. Maybe being with her will make him realise he needs to work on this.

[jesuis-assez]

↠ Tim & Lucy ↳ 2x01 - Impact

[panncakes]

"If you look closely, you'll see that Latte is the only being Ongsa talks to."

23.5 (2024)

[brown-little-robin]

I think I'm in the "conscious incompetence" stage of being a social animal in the real world and it sucks so majorly. bro what do you do after you realize you're bad at socializing and then in-person interaction gets harder because you know you're failing at it now.

[yamanoskk]

The real mastermind, the unpredictable subordinate, and the 'spies'

My fanarts of the new casts in Touhou 19!

Overall, I do enjoy the game! Really adore all of the new casts, the new music are cool and the story is interesting! Really nice to see more of the old casts come back in here too!

[chirpsythismorning]

Watching Wayward Pines for potential ST5 inspo bc the Duffers wrote a couple episodes in s1, and when I got to their second (last) episode and their name crossed the screen, I noticed a visual parallel that might already exist on the show…

Recognize it??

It instantly reminded me of that last shot for the opening of s3, with the landscape peaking out behind the Russian base. But when I went back and actually compared the two, holy shit it’s near identical, and not just the landscape.

I didn’t even remember the helicopter being there on the left, not to mention the pillar-esaue contraption at the center. Like… they’re the same picture.!

With them being credited right at that moment, it’s obvious this was an intentional nod to their previous work.

I just thought it was cool so I wanted to share, but in terms of my watch overall, there is a LOT going on that they could pull from. I’m only halfway through s1, though I’ve heard the show goes downhill in s2 so we’ll see how that goes 😂

[casual-praxis]

So, I’ve started writing a small oneshot for the Slime Rancher AU, and I may or may not have stayed up all night working on it.

The angst potential of Vio passing out in the desert and the others having to come rescue him was just too tempting to pass up.

I’m not sure how happy I am with it, but I sure did spend several hours working on it, so once I edit it I’ll try to post it and see how that goes.

It bounces between playful and serious a handful times, so I need to iron that out so it’s a little less of a tonal whiplash. Not sure how successful I’ll be in that, but I’ll do my best!

I don’t know how canon I want to say it is, but some elements do carry over I suppose. Fanfics make me nervous since they lock character traits in pretty obviously. I guess I’m just worried y’all won’t like how I write the characters in the au vs how they can be interpreted through drawings.

I’m also sleep deprived, so I’m gonna go pass out for two hours before work.

There’s a snippet of it below the cut if anyone’s interested.

[thebirdandhersong]

btw if you know good ways to deal with an achey heart (this is not a physical condition btw I just happen to be in love for the second time in my life and it is awful) I would also appreciate practical wisdom!!!

[tetedurfarm]

hey

[ratuszarsenal]

this evening we are pondering how and if there is any gay shit to be found between the inter-to-intratextual layers of beowulf

[andragoras-in-vanity]

im distraught, my rook has elgar'nans vallaslin.....

[moreliketwelvehundred]

you make a fool of death with your beauty <- no eyes that see such beauty would lose their sight . or whatever

oh my god......

[ace-of-hearts-and-spades]

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[st4rshiptr00per]

getting my fucking brain ruined today 👍

[akkivee]

i’ve been thinking for a while now that belial as antagonists seemed to match up fairly well with bat lol. like belial the dude was a lonely crybaby who started a band, much like jyushi, and the dude hitoya helped out hopped between different activities at the suggestion of friends before deciding what he really wanted to be, also similarly to hitoya.

but then that begs the question: what about kuukou’s???? i wasn’t really sure about the angle myself since kijitani i think his name was, was being raised by his grandmother who was so worried for him as he was out on his own and behaving out of the norm, she was brought to tears. as far as we know, kuukou doesn’t have an adult female presence in his life and shakku sure wasn’t crying because his son left home suddenly lmao

but it hit me the other day, there is one person who did cry because kuukou suddenly started acting strange and left and that’s ichiro!!!!!! so i think the ra➕ team snuck in another focus on kuukou and ichiro’s relationship thru kuukou’s missing person’s case lol

[cybersteal]

🍋🥑for Vice please if its ok? ❤

thank you for the ask!! i'm so so sorry for taking so long to answer these but i was stumped for a while lol

fruit n veg asks from this list!

🍋 What is their kryptonite/ultimate weakness?

His ultimate weakness is that he doesn't think he has any at all. He believes himself invincible, and acts accordingly; charging headfirst into firefights, climbing the highest building with no safety gear, driving recklessly & under the influence, drinking like he has a backup liver ready and waiting.

He's been humbled several times by netrunners hacking his implants, and huge brutes giving him a good wallop, but the lessons never stick and he finds himself in similar situations over and over even as he loads himself up with more and more cybernetics.

🥑 What will they never back down about, even if it makes them seem bad?

He doesn't believe in forgiving and forgetting. He's quite capable of being vindictive and petty, even though he hides it pretty well, and if he or someone he cares for is hurt or threatened in some way, he'll make it his sole mission to make the culprit's life hell. He'll effectively terrorise them into their grave without caring if his actions cause any collateral damage, and push revenge past a point most other people might lose steam or let things go, especially if the one who made the threat or caused the harm in the first place cries mercy or apologises.

He ended up in prison once because of this mean streak, but Night City made it a hundred times worse by rewarding that kind of thinking, reinforcing it until it was fully locked into his psyche.